Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.

Lillian Tranmer

Lillian Tranmer

Oct 23, 2009

Lillian Chilton Tranmer, 87, passed away Friday, October 23, 2009, at home. Lillian was born July 10, 1922, at home at 109 Wilson Ave., Pocatello, Idaho, to Margaret Louella Carter Chilton and Isaac William Chilton. She had three siblings, Afton, Faun, and Ethel. She attended school at Pocatello High School, and was an excellent student. She graduated from Pocatello High...

Devanne Pitman

Devanne Pitman

Oct 21, 2009

Devanne Pitman, 47, of Pocatello, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at her home surrounded by her family after an extended illness. She was born on December 16, 1961, in Pocatello to Jim and Mary Ann Pitman. She was raised in Lava Hot Springs and attended Marsh Valley schools and received her G.E.D. Devanne married Monty Neifert and they...

Beth Holladay Taysom

Beth Holladay Taysom

Oct 20, 2009

Beth Holladay Taysom, 80, of Pocatello, Idaho returned to the loving arms of her Father in Heaven after a valiant battle with cancer, Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Beth was born September 13, 1929 in Tucson, Arizona to Lawrence Eugene and Rowena Lines Holladay. Beth was the 5th child in a family of 6 children. She attended Tucson High School and...

Francis Harding

Francis Harding

Oct 20, 2009

Francis Harding Sievers, 91, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at his home in Pocatello. He was born August 18, 1918, in Ucon, Idaho, to Melba Nelson Sievers and Leo Pope Sievers, the third of seven children. He grew up in Ucon, where he had happy memories of a boyhood spent on a farm; riding in a horse-drawn sleigh in...

Bessie Powers

Bessie Powers

Oct 19, 2009

Bessie E. Scott Powers, 91, of Pocatello passed away peacefully on October 19, 2009, at a local care facility. Bessie was born on May 16, 1918 in Malta, Idaho, the oldest of four daughters to Victor Samuel Scott and Sadie Rae Boyle. She attended Malta Elementary and graduated from Malta High School where she was valedictorian and on the basketball...

Peggy Weir

Peggy Weir

Oct 19, 2009

Peggy Weir, born Ernestine T. Frodsham, passed away peacefully October 19, 2009, at the age of ninety-five. Peggy had been residing in Bellevue, Idaho, with her youngest daughter Kathy and Kathy's husband Val. As Peggy's health declined, she moved to the Blaine Manor Nursing Home in Hailey where she remained until her death. Peggy was born November 30, 1913, in...

Katina Marlise Townsend

Katina Marlise Townsend

Oct 4, 2009

CLEWISTON, Fla. - Our beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter, cousin, Katina "Tina" Townsend, died on Sunday, October 4, 2009, in Clewiston, Florida. She was born on July 4, 1972, to Anna Lee and Dennis Townsend in Pocatello, Idaho. Tina was a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (her maternal side originated from the Lemhi Band of Shoshoni of Salmon, Idaho.) Tina attended...

Breanna Calder

Breanna Calder

Oct 4, 2009

Breanna Rebecca Calder, 14, was called home to her Heavenly Father, early in her life due to a sudden illness and complications on Sunday, October 4, 2009. Breanna was born October 3, 1995. At 8 years of age Breanna was adopted into her new permanent family. She was sealed to her family in the Idaho Falls, Idaho, LDS Temple near...

Katelyn Nicole Keller

Katelyn Nicole Keller

Oct 3, 2009

Katelyn Nicole Keller, 2 years old, Pocatello, Idaho, went home to her Father in Heaven on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 at the home of her great Grandpa Wyas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Katelyn was born, October 6, 2006 in Pocatello, Idaho. Scott and Jennifer Keller added her to their family of Carson, and Karlee, and Katelyn became a big sister...

Jay Lyle Jensen

Jay Lyle Jensen

Oct 1, 2009

Jay Lyle Jensen, 72, of Pocatello, passed away on 24 October 2009 at home after a long battle with cancer. Jay Lyle was born Aug 10, 1937 in Pocatello Idaho, the third of seven children of Melville and Ora Jensen. He Grew up on the family farm with 7 other siblings. He worked long hours on the family farm. He...

Earl Edward Cottrell

Earl Edward Cottrell

Sep 26, 2009

Earl Edward Cottrell was born October 28, 1922 to Joe and Eliza Clawson Cottrell. He went to rest on September 26, 2009 at Portneuf Medical Center, with his family by his side. Earl was born in Downey, Idaho and obtained his early education there. His family later moved to the Lost River Valley, where he finished the eighth grade. It...

Lawrence Shiley

Lawrence Shiley

Sep 23, 2009

Lawerence Shiley son of the late Lester and Minnie of Wiconisco, PA, died on Wednesday September 23, 2009 in Pocatello, Idaho. He is survived by; his wife, Shirley; daughter, Georgena Yanoff of Idaho; son, Jack of Pennsylvania; 2 sisters, June Kufner of Harrisburg, PA and Dorothy Knock, Arizona. He was preceded in death by 4 brothers; Paul, Clyde, Donald and...

Christine Cornia Lane

Christine Cornia Lane

Sep 22, 2009

CHUBBUCK " Christine Cornia Lane, 60, was relieved of a lengthy battle with Multiple Sclerosis when she passed away September 22, 2009. Christine was born December 14, 1948 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of Nyles Ray Cornia and Peggy Louise (Oblad) Cornia. She was raised and educated in Salt Lake and graduated from West High School. She later...

Leota Smith

Leota Smith

Sep 21, 2009

Leota Thomas Smith, 95, passed away September 21, 2009 at her home in Bluffdale, Utah. She was born July 4, 1914 in Malad City, Idaho to David Dredge Thomas and Sarah Claudia Richards Thomas. She was the oldest of four children. She graduated high school in Malad and attended one year at Utah Agriculture College in Logan, Utah. On September...

Susan Carol Vegors

Susan Carol Vegors

Sep 20, 2009

Susan Carol Vegors, 52, passed away September 20, 2009 at a local care facility after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 30, 1957 to Ann Hope Vegors and Stanley Henry Vegors. She was the second of three children. She was born in the Idaho Falls hospital and lived in Pocatello until she was 23-years-old. She enjoyed sailing...

Norma Boozer

Norma Boozer

Sep 16, 2009

Norma Jean Boozer, 82, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at her home. She was born April 2, 1927, the first of two children to Alice Viola Keithley and Omer Earl Lindsey in Greeley, Kansas. Due to her mothers poor health she was raised by her maternal grandparents to the age of 11 when she lost her mother. Her father...

Howard Joseph Zahm

Howard Joseph Zahm

Sep 16, 2009

POCATELLO-Howard J. Zahm, 84, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at a local care facility. Howard was born in Greeley, Nebraska, in 1925 and followed his family to Pocatello in 1938. He worked for the Cream Top Dairy as a young man before joining the U.S. Army in 1941. He served his country with the 26th Infantry Division in...

Hilbert Fisher

Hilbert Fisher

Sep 14, 2009

Hilbert Wallace Fisher, 63, died September 14, 2009 at his home in Bannock Creek, Pocatello, ID of natural causes. He was born on July 10, 1946 in Fort Hall, Idaho. He was one of seven children born to Jayroe and Doris (Thompson) Fisher. Hilbert graduated from Boise High School and attended college at Idaho State University. Hilbert loved to draw,...

John Weeks

John Weeks

Sep 9, 2009

John Edward Weeks passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2009 in Pocatello ID. John was born May 7, 1921 in Belvue, Kansas to Sara and Floyd Weeks. He was the oldest of three children and grew up on a small farm amid the golden wheat fields of Kansas. His family later moved to Topeka Kansas, where he attended public schools and...